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Debris is scattered on a platform at the Oktyabrskaya underground station after an explosion ripped through a train during the evening rush hour, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 126, many seriously. The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, whose office is adjacent to the station, believes the blast was an act of terrorism aimed at destabilizing the country.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew prepares matzah, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, at a bakery near Tel Aviv. The weeklong commemoration marks the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt. It begins Monday at sunset.

The Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, a symbol of winter, explodes atop a bonfire in Sechselaeuten Square. As the bells of St. Peter's church toll 6 o'clock, the bonfire is lighted, and mounted guildsmen gallop around the pyre to the tune of the Sechselaeuten March. The faster the head of the Boeoegg catches fire and explodes, it is said, the warmer and more beautiful the summer will be.

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is positioned on the tarmac before a test flight at Payerne Airport. The aircraft has 12,000 solar cells built into its wings spanning 208 feet. It is the prototype for an aircraft intended to be the first to utilize solar power alone to circumnavigate the world, beginning next year.

A Royal Canadian Mint silver $20 coin, minted to commemorate the upcoming marriage of Britain's Prince William to Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey on April 29, includes a sapphire-colored crystal inlay symbolizing the royal engagement ring.

The artwork "Tomato Head," by Paul McCarthy, is displayed as part of the exhibition "The Luminous Interval: The D. Daskalopoulos Collection" at the Guggenheim Museum. Greek financier Dimitris Daskalopoulos' private collection of contemporary art by more than 30 international artists can be seen at the Guggenheim until Sept. 11.

Nayet, wearing a burqa, speaks with the media near Notre Dame Cathedral. France's ban on full-face veils, a first in Europe, went into effect today, exposing anyone who wears the Muslim niqab or burqa in public to fines of $216 and lessons in French citizenship.

Greenpeace activists and other environmentalists light candles amid hundreds of paper cranes at the Heroes Monument as a symbol of solidarity with Japan's disaster victims. The protesters are calling for an end to nuclear power around the world.

A Hindu devotee walks into the polluted Tawi River to immerse barley shoots on the eighth day of the Navratri, or nine nights festival. The festival, widely celebrated in north India, involves feasting and fasting.

New Jersey Devils left wing Ilya Kovalchuk, of Russia, carries hockey sticks out of the team locker room. A day earlier, the Devils ended the regular season, failling to make the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade.

Pictures in the News | April 11, 2011

Debris is scattered on a platform at the Oktyabrskaya underground station in Minsk, Belarus, after an explosion ripped through a train during the evening rush hour, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 126, many seriously; an ultra-Orthodox Jew prepares Passover matzah at a bakery in Israel; while in Zurich, Switzerland, the Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, explodes atop a bonfire in the city’s Sechselaeuten square in a ceremony marking the end of winter.

Britain’s royal couple, Prince William and fiancée Kate Middleton, make a public appearance at Witton Country Park in England; while in Canada, a silver $20 coin is minted to commemorate their upcoming wedding at London’s Westminster Cathedral on April 29.

France’s ban on full-face veils, a first in Europe, was put in force Monday, exposing anyone who wears the Muslim niqab or burqa in public to fines of $216 and lessons in French citizenship; in the Philippines, Greenpeace activists and other environmentalists light candles amid hundreds of paper cranes at Heroes Monument in solidarity with victims of Japan’s magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami; and New Jersey Devils hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk clears out his locker after the team fails to make the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade.